An orientation session of the III Russian Youth Architecture Biennale was held in Kazan
On September 29-30, an orientation session of the III Russian Youth Architecture Biennale was held in Kazan. The finalists - architects from Canada, Germany and 10 Russian cities - conducted a travel survey of the building they are going to redesign. Young specialists examined the design object - the building of commercial and administrative purpose on the street Moskovskaya, 52. An analytical tour was conducted by the chief architect of Kazan Ilsiyar Tukhvatullina, the head of the Vakhitovsky and Volga regions of Kazan Marat Zakirov, the director for development of territories of the investment group of companies ASG Rinat Aisov and representatives of specialized committees and the expert community. During the orientation session, the Deputy Minister of Construction, Architecture, Housing and Communal Services of the Republic of Tatarstan Vladimir Kudryashev talked with the finalists. “For the third time, Tatarstan is becoming a center of attraction for young and talented architects, where new approaches to work are discussed. This is especially true this year, since in an era of uncertainty and unpredictability, the post-pandemic world needs ideas for new buildings more than ever. Young architects don't need to be advised, they need to be given opportunities. This competition is just such an opportunity: for the participants to prove themselves, and for us - to discover new names and see what the future of our architecture will be,” - he said.
An important task of the setup session was to familiarize the finalists of the competition with the urban environment and, in particular, with those architectural innovations that have been implemented in Kazan recently: the building of the National Library of the Republic of Tatarstan (the project of the KHORA bureau won the ArchDaily & Strelka-2021 prize), the park “ URAM ”, in the design of the covered part of which took part Alexander Alyaev, the winner of the last Biennale, as well as the embankments of Lake Kaban and the Kazanka River. As a reminder, on November 25-27, the Russian Youth Architecture Biennale will be held in Innopolis for the third time. The competition contributes to the development of urban culture and attracting public attention to the processes taking place in modern Russian architecture. The Biennale provides young and talented architects with a real opportunity to be seen and heard in the profession. The director of the Third Russian Youth Architecture Biennale will be Natalia Fishman-Bekmambetova, Assistant to the President of the Republic of Tatarstan.